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Morocco is bidding to host the finals of CAF Champions League 2019/20 in Casablanca Mohammed V stadium and CAF Confederation Cup 2019/20 in Rabat’s Prince Moulay Abdellah stadium. The two bids were submitted lately by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation to the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Cameroon’s Japoma Stadium (Douala) and Tunisia’s Rades Olympic […]
President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire has put an end to months of suspense and speculation Thursday when he announced that he will not seek a third term at the helm of his country. “I would like to solemnly announce that I will not be a candidate in the October 31, 2020 presidential election […]
The last patient treated for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo was discharged on Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The patient was released from a hospital in the eastern city of Beni, bringing the 19-month-old outbreak closer than ever to an end. The outbreak has killed 2,264 people and infected […]
Nigerian economy has recovered—slowly after it suffered a recession in 2016. New data from Bloomberg shows that Nigeria is now Africa’s largest economy, pushing South Africa into second place. According to Bloomberg, Nigeria’s economic growth beat forecasts in the fourth quarter, helping its economy to expand the most in four years in 2019 as […]
The government of Central African Republic has recruited about 1,000 police officers to beef up security in the war-stricken nation. The new officers attended a ceremony of the presentation of their country’s flag upon graduating after a 45-day training, Africanews reported. According to Bruno Ouayalo, Director of the National Gendarmerie School, the ceremony […]
African Airlines have lost $400m since the outbreak of the coronavirus in China in February, according to the global airline industry body. In recent months, airlines like South African Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Air Tanzania, Air Mauritius, EgyptAir, RwandAir and Kenya Airways have suspended flights to and from China. The continent’s largest airline, […]
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé has won re-election with 71% of the vote, final results from the constitutional court showed on Tuesday. Gnassingbé’s challenger Agbeyome Kodjo, who was shown with 19% of the vote, had also claimed victory. “This proclamation is final and closes the debate on the presidential election of Feb. 22,” the head of […]
The Confederation of African Football, CAF, Tuesday appointed its Commercial director, Moroccan Abdelmounaïm Bah, as acting Secretary General to replace his compatriot Mouad Hajji who resigned Monday from his position. CAF Emergency Committee met Tuesday to fill in the void created following Hajji’s resignation. The organization said it has “confidence in Bah who has exhibited […]
Mouad Hajji Monday stepped down from his position of Secretary General of the African football governing body, CAF, less than one year after taking over from Egyptian Amr Fathy. The Moroccan national said he was stepping down on personal grounds. He thanked CAF boss Ahmad Ahmad for the opportunity that was given to him in […]
The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Monday urged Guinea-Bissau’s army to remain neutral in the country’s deepening political struggle. The ECOWAS said it “firmly condemned” the latest developments in the country, which it was “following with great concern”. Those developments include the “successive investiture of two heads of state […]